Blogs from Nelson, Nelson Region, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 2

Je finis le boulot ici dans 7 jours, ENFIN ! et je partirai en road trip avec Cheyenne. Susan a pris ses billets d'avions pour le 9 avril, la question de remonter plus tôt dans le nord ne se pose plus... Entre temps ici, j'ai brunché avec les nouveaux collocs de Kahu,et je me suis essayé à de nouveaux essais culinaires qui sont plutôt pas mal, je dois l'avouer. Le festival du film français était interessant : j'ai été voir le "mal de pierre" avec Marion Cotillard. ("From the land of the moon" ici). Quelle étrange sensation lorsque j'ai vu conduirent les acteurs à droite et que mon cerveau a compris qu'il y avait une erreur ! Ça promet ;) J'ai été le pire des volontaires à la fête de la bière (Marchfest) en offrant beaucoup ... read more

La vie est belle, j'ai un colloc maori Kahu, qui est génial. Il m'apprend la culture maori et la méditation avec les sons de la voix, la vision maorie de la nature, des esprits, une partie de ce que j'étais venu chercher ici :) Merci beaucoup pour ce don du ciel ! Le week-end dernier j'étais à Takaka grimper, j'ai rencontré Tanja, une des belles rencontres de ce voyage ;) PAscal et Laure étient là aussi pour deux jours avec une glace au thym magique concoctée par Pascal !! Ce weekend, ravioli home made time fourrés aux cepes, ou à l'avocat fromage, sésame ! Trop bon Dimanche j'ai été faire une méditation avec Kahu à la source de Riwaka, vraiment chouette ! Par contre les boulots se suivent et ne se ressemblent pas... j'ai pas de ... read more

We woke this morning to a very wet and dreary day so we decided on an indoor activity - a visit to the World of WearableArt (WOW) Museum which is co-located with a motor museum. That's convenient, something for me and something for Bernie! The WOW museum houses a selection of costumes that have appeared in the annual WOW shows. The idea for an exhibition of art that could be worn originated with an artist in Nelson and originally the shows were staged annually in Nelson. The concept proved so popular that the shows outgrew their original home in Nelson and now they are held each year in September/October in Wellington. We went through the WOW Museum first and found the costumes quite astonishing. Artists from all over the world enter costumes in a range of ... read more

This morning we popped down to the Richmond Mall because menswear was on sale at Farmer's (department store) and Sandra thought that Robin needed some new shorts. While Robin and Sandra went bargain hunting we had a bit of a look around the mall which is quite small compared with what we are used to at Westfield Fountain Gate or Northland. Our best find was the card shop having a half price sale on all greeting cards. I can't resist well-priced cards so I spent about NZ$20 on half a dozen very nice quality greeting cards. We had another very lazy afternoon in sunny Nelson. The weather has been much nicer since we crossed over to the South Island. Although it is a bit windy. We are being blamed for bringing the wind with us from ... read more

Today we needed to travel via Cook Strait to the South Island to get to Robin and Sandra's place in Nelson (Richmond). The strait was named after Captain James Cook, the first European to sail it's waters. After climbing a hill on Arapaoa Island in 1770 Captain Cook saw there was a sea passage from the Pacific Ocean to the Tasman Sea. Previous European explorer's had not determined that New Zealand was made up of two main islands rather than just one. Sandra emailed us on Monday to let us know that the ferry services had been cancelled following Sunday's earthquake. On Wednesday Bernie received a message from Interislander Ferries to say that the service on Friday would leave at 8.30am instead of 9.00am. We hadn't received any further updates so we assumed we would be ... read more